Fontan-associated liver disease and total cavopulmonary anatomical flow effectors.
William N EvansRuben J AchermanAlvaro GalindoAbraham RothmanMichael L CiccoloJuan LehouxBrody J WinnNoel S YumiacoHumberto RestrepoPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2021)
In a cohort of relatively young, stable extracardiac Fontan patients, average composite anatomical risk scores strongly correlated with average hepatic total fibrosis scores by anatomical group. These findings suggest that some anatomical variants in extracardiac Fontan patients are associated with higher Fontan-associated liver disease (FALD)-related hepatic total fibrosis scores than others, despite similar Fontan durations.